Sonographic bowel wall morphology correlates with clinical and endoscopic activity in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis

European Journal of Ultrasound

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-33

  Bozkurt, T ^a,b   Rommel, T ^a   Stabenow Lohbauer, U ^a   Langer, M ^a   Schmiegelow, P ^a   Lux, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Endoscopy; Inflammatory bowel disease; Ulcerative colitis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 0030218119     PISSN: 09298266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0929-8266(95)00169-7     Document Type: Article

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